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This 8 page paper looks at the roles women play in the Mafia and how the role has evolved over time to one that is slightly more active. Despite the change in female participation, Mafia families remain patriarchal in nature and wives are still put on pedestals. A look at the phenomenon is taken with examples drawn from both the United States and Italy. Bibliography lists 9 sources
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and live in neighborhoods like Bensonhurst, Brooklyn and Howard Beach, Queens. While many continue to maintain a low profile, keeping home life and work life separate, the government has been
more aggressive in prosecuting these mobsters. No longer are these figures larger than life and District Attorneys want their hides. What has changed to some extent is the role the
women in the Mafia play. While most retain the stereotypical identities given them, some have begun to remove their blinders and actively participate. This phenomenon has been seen in Italy.
However, for the most part, women know their place in the mob which is typically on a pedestal, whether she is a wife, a daughter or a girlfriend. Many films
have been made depicting Mafia wives as quiet and unassuming, wives who listen to their husbands and play traditional roles. In Married to the Mob, for example, Michelle Pfieffer stars
as a Mafia wife in a lighthearted romantic comedy. But movies like The Godfather give a more vivid, and dark account of what it is like to live the lifestyle.
The assumption that women are usually not participants in the crimes, but rather remain on the sidelines, will be shown. Additionally, a new attitude toward women has slowly evolved as
females are no longer held as high on the pedestal they once were. While men in the mob continue to treat their women well, it appears that the thinking perpetuated
by the womens liberation movement has seeped into Mafia culture and no longer is there an unwritten law that Mafia wives are off limits. An example of this is
that years ago, while one family might take a hit on another, there was a respect for women and children. Burke interviewed investigating magistrate Giovannella Scaminaci who explained "Sometime
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